Paramount Pictures' "Noah" debuted No. 1 at the U.S. and Canadian box office for the weekend ending March 30, 2014. According to a Box Office Mojo report published on March 30, the biblical-themed film "Noah" (starring Russell Crowe as the title character) had $44 million in ticket sales for the weekend ending March 30, 2014.

One other movie opened in wide release in the U.S. and Canada on March 28, 2014: Open Road Films' "Sabotage" (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger) debuted at No. 7, with only $5.3 million in ticket sales. The movie is the latest flop from Schwarzenegger, who has not headlined a hit film since he returned to acting in 2011, after taking a long hiatus from acting when he was governor of California.

According to Box Office Mojo, here are the Top 5 movies in the U.S. and Canada for the weekend ending March 30, 2014:

1. "Noah" — $44 million

2. "Divergent" — $26.5 million

3. "Muppets Most Wanted" — $11.4 million

4. "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" — $9.5 million

5. "God's Not Dead" — $9.1 million

Also noteworthy: Pantelion Films/Participant Media's "Cesar Chavez" (starring Michael Peña as the title character) had $3 million in ticket sales in limited release, and debuted at No. 12.

And here are the opening-weekend box-office numbers for the movies that opened in limited release on March 28, 2014:

"The Raid 2" — $177,000 from seven theaters

"Mistaken for Strangers" — $81,800 from nine theaters (Also released on VOD on March 28, 2014)

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Carla Hay is an entertainment journalist who has written about movies for several years. She was Billboard magazine's film and TV editor, and she has written for People magazine, The Hollywood Reporter and Reuters. Hay has also interviewed hundreds of celebrities and filmmakers. She also watches approximately 300 new movies a year.